This guy either socially engineered his way through a line, analyzed a weakness in the line, or time-traveled from the '90's not realizing we've set up an incompetent but totalizing police-state control grid to interpose every tiny aspect of our lives.

To be fair, "pay on board" is less applicable to airplanes than trains because seatbelts are important in turbulence.

That said, the lack of capacity is widely acknowledged to be a feature of wildly incompetent management.

We just heard they've started a new project to rewrite the air traffic control system for the umpteenth time (and billions and billions later) to hopefully allow for more frequent landings and departures. I fear it won't be specified for AI-assist takeoffs and landings and will be obsolete before it's done.

Better make some more 8" floppies.

SNAP eligibility

Poverty guidelines

SNAP is available to those with household income below 130% of the poverty line.

The poverty line is $32,150 for a family of four, with an additional $5,500 for each additional dependent. There is no limit on the number of dependents.

A worker earning $100k with twelve dependents would qualify for SNAP.

Walmart and McDonalds are two of the biggest employers in America, so it is no surprise that they are also top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients.

Even people making $100k can qualify for SNAP if they have enough dependents.

Requiring employers to know each worker's living situation and pay accordingly is ridiculous.

Paid? I thought we were talk'n about bonds, not paychecks.

You must have been in China a long, long time ago.

There hasn't been a black market for currency exchange in decades.

I have a condo in Shanghai, so I can use RMB to pay the HOA fee.

I use the condo when I'm working in my employer's Shanghai office. My in-laws are living there now.

The limit is $50k USD out per year. Inward transfers are unlimited. But it's not difficult to work around the limits. Just ask a friend to make the transfer for you. Of course, this is illegal, but asking friends to commit crimes on your behalf is kinda a normal thing in China.

Most Walmart and McDonalds employees do not qualify for public assistance.

Those that do are primary or sole breadwinners for their household with dependents.

If you feel it is wrong for these people to work at Walmart for the wages offered, then a simple solution is to require them to disclose their household situation on the job application so Walmart can avoid hiring them.

Then you no longer need to worry about taxpayers "subsidizing" Walmart.

Revenue means little.

You need to look at net income (profit).

But DoorDash is not a charity and has no reason to pay drivers more than what is needed to recruit and retain them.

Tipping is optional. According to Google, 25% of DoorDash customers do not tip.

There are starving children in Africa. If you're doing nothing for them, you probably shouldn't feel too guilty about the DoorDash deliverer.

Not using DoorDash at all is taking away even more money.

Disclaimer: I don't eat restaurant food, so I've never used DoorDash. I use InstaCart for groceries, and tip the default amount.

It is standard marketing psychology.

People will pay X for food and Y for delivery, but won't pay (X+Y) for the food with free delivery.

When people comparison shop, they will compare the food cost but ignore the delivery fee. So it is better to shove some of the cost into tack-on fees.

UberDash wants the tip to come after the customer commits to buy so the cost of the tip isn't factored into the decision.

At the same interest rate, I'd definitely prefer RMB over USD.

RMB is the BRICS currency.

Would you prefer rubles?

It's no worse than "colonel".

Or you can do two at a time with "lieutenant colonel".

The USA is experiencing inflation.

China is experiencing deflation.

So the different interest rates make sense.

The "C" in BRICS is China.

Even worse, harsher penalties will lead to more coverups and less disclosure.

Coupang voluntarily reported the breach. That should be encouraged.

How many components would a human design require?

Is 843 more or fewer? Better or worse?

Is the singularity nigh?

It's good to have a second engine but it sure sounds like Gecko isn't long for this world.